Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 4, Number 1 (1941)- MN 4:1 (1941) 1–32Shingaku. Eine Bewegung der Volksaufklärung und Volkserziehung in der TokugawazeitHorst Hammitzsch
- MN 4:1 (1941) 33–52On the seal representing the God of Literature on the title page of old Chinese and Japanese popular editionsRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 53–87Hermann Roesler und die japanische Verfassung (Part 1)Yasuzō Suzuki and Johannes Siemes
- MN 4:1 (1941) 88–101The System of Communications at the Time of the Meiji RestorationTakaharu Mitsui
- MN 4:1 (1941) 102–23Essai sur la Vie et l’Oeuvre de Ueda Akinari (1734–1809) (Part 2)Pierre Humbertclaude
- MN 4:1 (1941) 124–32Cornwallis’ Account of Japan: A Forgery and its ExposureJoseph Koshimi Yamagiwa
- MN 4:1 (1941) 133–65Kusunoki Masashige: Auszüge aus dem TaiheikiKenji Koike and Joseph Roggendorf
- MN 4:1 (1941) 139–65Der Traum des Kaisers und KusunokiKusunoki Masashige, Translated by Kenji Koike and Joseph Roggendorf
- MN 4:1 (1941) 166–91Ugetsu Monogatari: Tales of a Clouded Moon, by Ueda Akinari (1739–1809)Akinari Ueda, Translated by Wilfrid Whitehouse
- MN 4:1 (1941) 192–206Zwei Texte zum Kadō des Kamo Mabuchi: Uta no kokoro no uchi-Niimanabi (Part 1)Kamo Mabuchi, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 4:1 (1941) 207–45Kamatari-den. Taishokukwan-den. Kaden, d.i. Haustraditionen (des Hauses Fujiwara) Oberer (Band)Hermann Bohner
- MN 4:1 (1941) 225–45Kamatari-denTranslated by Hermann Bohner
- MN 4:1 (1941) 246–55Shunkan: A Nō PlayTranslated by Charles K. Parker and S. Morisawa
- MN 4:1 (1941) 256–69Zur Frage der Ryūkyū-GesandtschaftenR. Binkenstein
- MN 4:1 (1941) 270–77L’île Formose au XVIIe siècle Essais éphémères d’expansion EuropéenneJ. Dehergne
- MN 4:1 (1941) 278–83Lope de Vega et l’Extrême-OrientHenri Bernard
- MN 4:1 (1941) 284–89Hinayana indien et Mahayana japonais: Comment l’Occident a-t-il découvert le Bouddhisme?Henri Bernard
- MN 4:1 (1941) 290–94The Manyōshū. One Thousand Poems by Nippon Gakujutsu ShinkōkaiJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 4:1 (1941) 294–95Tsurezuregusa oder Aufzeichnungen aus Mussestunden by Yoshida Kenkō, Oscar BenlJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 4:1 (1941) 296Japanese Proverbs by Fujii Oto-oRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 297History of Buddhist Art in Japan by International Buddhist SocietyRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 298–301Japanese Expansion on the Asiatic Continent: A Study in the History of Japan with Special Reference to Her International Relations with China, Korea, and Russia by Yoshi S. KunoPeter J. Herzog
- MN 4:1 (1941) 301–302A Private Journal of John Glendy Sproston U.S.N. by John Glendy Sproston, Shio Sakanishi, Sophia UniversityA. K. Reischauer
- MN 4:1 (1941) 302–305Japan’s Emergence as a Modern State by E. Herbert NormanRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 305–307Deutsche in Japan 1639–1939 by Kurt MeissnerJ. B. Kraus
- MN 4:1 (1941) 307Japan Among the Great Powers by Seiji HishidaHenri Bernard
- MN 4:1 (1941) 310–13The Infiltration of European Civilization in Japan During the 18th Century by Carel Coenraad KriegerJohannes Rahder
- MN 4:1 (1941) 313–16Japanese Surnames by I. V. Gillis, Pai Ping-ch’i; Japanese Personal Names by I. V. Gillis, Pai Ping-ch’iHans Müller
- MN 4:1 (1941) 316–18Dictionnaire Japonais-Français by Gustave CesselinHans Müller
- MN 4:1 (1941) 318Dictionar Roman-Japonez by Radu N. Flondor, Kenzo Nezu, Fukashi Hayashi, Kiyomatsu AoyamaRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 320–21Ezo Kirishitan-shi (Geschichte des Christentums in Ezo) by Gerhard HuberHubert Cieslik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 322Sur Les Traces du Père Matthieu Ricci by Henri Bernard, R. P. Charles TaranzanoJohannes Laures
- MN 4:1 (1941) 323–24Environment, Race and Migration by Griffith TaylorCharles K. Parker
- MN 4:1 (1941) 325–26Tōhō-GakuhōRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 4:1 (1941) 326Nippon. Il Giappone D’oggi e la Sua Cultura by Nippon Dempō TsūshinshaHenri Bernard